finance

Successfully Selling Your Company: The Necessary Ingredients

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jul. 13, 2005

Your major challenge will be finding the most accomplished merger and acquisition firm to guide you through the process. This firm will advise you in all...

U.S. Foodservice to Offer $1.55 Billion Notes

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 12, 2007

The notes will be sold in the Rule 144a private placement market, according to Reuters and its source.The offering includes $1 billion in eight-year senior...

The Checklist for Selecting a Financial Advisor

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 29, 2009

There are literally thousands of “advisors” out there, but only a handful with serious credentials in advising foodservice distributors. In an industry...

Funding franchisees: How small Z's are finding big money

By Steve Brooks on Jan. 01, 2012

When Myron Allen wanted to open a Toppers Pizza franchise in Rochester, Minnesota, he turned to an old friend: his local banker.

Inside Saltine

By Sara Rush Wirth on Oct. 14, 2014

Converting a 1920s schoolhouse in Jackson, Miss., that’s on the historic registry into a restaurant was no easy feat for designer and co-owner Rachel Horn Houston, especially on a “really tight” budget.

…But bad weather didn’t freeze the industry’s Feb. sales

Mar. 09, 2015

Snowstorms and frigid temperatures in many areas of the country didn’t prevent the nation’s restaurants from enjoying an uptick in business during February, according to economic indicators released separately last week.